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Novak Djokovic now has 100 more weeks at No. 1 than any other man in ATP rankings history

This is his 410th career week at the top spot on the ATP rankings, now exactly 100 ahead of Roger Federer’s 310.

Published Jan 29, 2024

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Novak Djokovic may not have come away with a record-extending 25th career Grand Slam title at the Australian Open this year, but he did reach the record-extending 48th Grand Slam semifinal of his career, and in doing so he secured his stay at No. 1.

And with that, he hits a major milestone this week.

This is Djokovic’s 410th career week at No. 1, now exactly 100 weeks more than any other man in ATP rankings history.

Roger Federer, the previous record-holder for most weeks as ATP No. 1 until Djokovic passed him in 2021, finished his career with 310.

MOST WEEKS AT NO. 1 IN ATP RANKINGS HISTORY (since 1973):

410 weeks: Novak Djokovic [incl. week of Jan. 29th, 2024]
310 weeks: Roger Federer
286 weeks: Pete Sampras
270 weeks: Ivan Lendl
268 weeks: Jimmy Connors
209 weeks: Rafael Nadal
170 weeks: John McEnroe
109 weeks: Bjorn Borg
101 weeks: Andre Agassi
80 weeks: Lleyton Hewitt

Djokovic is only defending 180 ranking points over the next two months, while his three closest challengers for No. 1 are defending between 1,510 and 2,850.

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With the way the final rounds of the Australian Open played out this year, things have tightened up at the top of the ATP rankings.

Going into Melbourne, there was a 4,565-point spread between Djokovic (11,055 points) and his three closest challengers, No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz (8,855), No. 3 Daniil Medvedev (7,555) and No. 4 Jannik Sinner (6,490). Now, that spread is just 1,545 points (Djokovic 9,855, Alcaraz 9,255, Medvedev 8,765 and Sinner 8,310).

Despite that, things are looking very good for Djokovic to keep piling up the weeks at No. 1 for the foreseeable future.

Over the next two months, Djokovic is only defending 180 ranking points—the only event he played between the Australian Open and the beginning of the clay-court season last year was the ATP 500 in Dubai, where he was a semifinalist (falling to Medvedev).

Meanwhile, in the same two-month stretch, Sinner is defending 1,510 points, Alcaraz 1,910 points and Medvedev 2,850 points. All three of them played multiple events in February, and then dominated the Sunshine Swing—Alcaraz won Indian Wells (where Medvedev was a finalist and Sinner a semifinalist) and then Medvedev won Miami (where Sinner was a finalist and Alcaraz a semifinalist).

And looking even further ahead, Djokovic is only defending 315 points during the entire clay-court lead-up to Roland Garros.

Stay tuned to Tennis.com for all the latest on Djokovic and No. 1.

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